Walter Hunt Invented The Modern Safety Pin To Pay Off A $15 Debt
Today in 1849, the US issued a patent for one of the smallest big ideas of the century: the safety pin. And a big factor behind that little invention was paying off a big debt.
Want To Burn Lots Of Calories? Try High-Level Chess
Today is World Chess Day. Chess is a game of the mind, but there’s research that shows that high-level chess players can burn calories the way runners and other athletes do.
Bishops Used To Be Elephants, And Other Wild Stories About How Chess Pieces Got Their Names
Today is International Chess Day, so here are a few of the stories about how which pieces were on the board changed over the centuries.
A Chess “Robot” Beat Grand Masters In The 18th Century – Sort Of
Today in 1854, the end of one of the great hoaxes of its day: a fire in a Philadelphia museum destroyed what people of that time thought was a super-intelligent chess robot.
The “World’s Smartest Chess Board” Is The Closest Thing To Wizard Chess We Have
The chessboard known as Square Off works if your opponent is nearby or not, because it can use Bluetooth technology to move the pieces for them on your board, and your pieces on theirs.
The Singing Maple Syrup Bottle With Patti Page’s Voice
Patti Page, aka the “Singing Rage,” was one of the biggest-selling pop singers of the 1950s. But later, she lived part-time on a farm in New Hampshire where she and her husband sold maple syrup. The bottles didn't just have her name on them; they included her voice!